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How to Add and Subtract Fractions

By Francis

Step 1: Getting the LCD

Get the LCM of the denominators. 1/2 + 3/5

5 10 15 20 2 4 6 8 10
You can get the LCD by counting number by number until they are equal.

Step 2: Converting Fractions

If you want them to have the same denominator then multiply the number until it reaches the LCD.
X5

1/2 = 5/10
X5 X2

3/5 = 6/10
X2

Step 3: Making the Bar Model


1 1/10

5/10

6/10

Step 4: Addition Sentence


5 3/5

1/2

10
1 and 1/10

Subtraction
Subtraction has the same steps for addition except that the bar model is different.

5/10
5 5 5 5 5 6

1/10 is our answer!

6/10

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